Poe's Poetry

To My Mother (1849)

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A heartful sonnet written to Poe's mother-in-law and aunt Maria Clemm, "To My Mother" says that the mother of the woman he loved is more important than his own mother. It was first published in July, 1849 in Flag of Our Union. It has alternately been published as "Sonnet to My Mother."


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